Category: 2005

December 19, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:16) SHARON HOSPITALIZED, LIKUD CHOOSES NEW LEADER Israel’s Likud party holds internal elections today – as the country’s Prime Minister remains hospitalized. Manar Jibrin has the story. POWELL TO EUROPE ON...

December 16, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:43) EU PRESSURE ON DEVELOPING NATIONS At the ongoing World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong, a group of developing nations known as the G90 countries, continue to resist pressure from...

December 15, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:33) ANTI-TORTURE AMENDMENT The White House agreed today to accept Senator John McCain’s amendment to ban torture of detainees held by U.S. forces. Darby Hickey reports from Washington DC. The Bush...

December 14, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:21) FAULTY INTELLIGENCE President George W. Bush admitted today that the intelligence used as the basis for going to war with Iraq – was faulty. In his latest of four speeches...

December 13, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:23) RACIAL TENSION IN SYDNEY Following days of violence in Sydney’s Southern beach suburbs, the New South Wales state parliament will be recalled from their Christmas break on Thursday to pass...

December 12, 2005

Download MP3 Stanley Tookie Williams to be Executed at Midnight (1:46) California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has denied clemency to Stanley Tookie Williams, who is now scheduled to be executed by state at 12:01am. In...

December 09, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) BULGARIAN TROOPS TO LEAVE IRAQ Bulgaria’s Defense Minister today announced plans to withdraw their forces from Iraq by the end of the year. Bulgaria is expected to recall its soldiers...

December 08, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (6:39) WAR CRIMES SUSPECT ARRESTED Retired General Ante Gotovina has been arrested in the Canary Islands. Gotovina is the third most wanted ex-Yugoslavia war crimes suspect and has been indicted by...

December 07, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:06) ELECTIONS IN EGYPT At least two men were killed today when violence erupted during the final voting phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections. Ursula Lindsey reports from Cairo. Government troops shut...

December 06, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (4:37) IRANIAN MILITARY PLANE CRASH An Iranian military transport plane crashed into a 10-story apartment building in Tehran today as it was trying to make an emergency landing. At least 128...